Flushing-tank



NTTE STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOSEPH FERDINAND LYMBURNER AND MATHIAS F. LASSANOE, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.

FLUSHlNG-TANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,378, dated November 5, 1895. Application filed July 18, 1895. Serial No. 556,856. (No model.)

To coZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH FERDINAND LYMBURNER and MATHIAS F. LASSANOE, citi- Zens of the United States of America, residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flushing-Tan ks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is toprovide a flushing-tank of improved construction embodying a tubular valve-stem which is adapt ed to be raised from its seat by a lever, the valve-stein passing through suitable guides carried by the seat thereof, one of the guides supporting a locking-lever, the function of which is to hold the tubular valve-stem elevated until said lever is tripped, which is done automatically by a float lowering in the tank as the water passes therefrom, said float also actuating the water-supply valve of the tank.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a flushing-tank constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 4 4: of Fig. 'l.

A designates the tank or cistern, which is of the usual type and is provided at its upper end with a bracket a, upon which the operating-lever B is pivoted. The inner end of the lever B is connected in any suitable manner to the outlet-pipe valve 0, consisting of a tube having a packing 0 around its lower end,which fits upon a valve-seat 0, having a depending threaded portion which receives the securing nut c. The part of the valve-seat O within the tank is provided with an upwardly-projecting lug 0 having a threaded aperture in which is secured a guide-rod D, said guiderod having its upper end formed into a loop .d,'which encircles the upper portion of the outlet-pipe valve 0. The guide-rod D has adjustably attached thereto a yoke D, which encircles the tube 0 and is provided on its side opposite the guide-rod with parallel members d d, between which is pivoteda triplever E, having a cam e, which engages the tube 0, and an outer end 6, which projects downwardly at an inclination toward the bot- .tom of the tank.

The cam e overbalances the outer end of the trip-lever, so as to insure a positive engagement of the cam with the tube 0. The guide-rod D passes through an aperture in the yoke D, and said yoke is held in an adjusted position upon the guiderod by means of a set-screw (.1

F designates a float which is connected to the valve G of the inlet-pipe by means of a rod f, having a short arm f, which is centrally pivoted to a lug g, formed on the valveseat G. The valve G is provided with a packing andwith a depending guide-pin g, which lies in the upper end of the inlet-pipe and acts as a guide for the valve. The valve is forced down upon its seat by the float when the water in the tank reaches the high-water line.

In operation, when the water in the tank is at the high-water line the valve of the inlet pipe will be held upon its seat by the float and the outlet-pipe valve will be positioned upon its seat to prevent the water entering the outlet-pipe. Now when it is desired to let the water out of the tank it is only necessary to operate the lever B, which will raise the outlet-pipe G from its seat, and the cam e of the trip-lever E, engaging the stem of said valve, will hold the same in an elevated position until the float, lowering with the water in the tank, causes the rod f thereof to engage the outer end of the triplever, so as to release the outlet-pipe valve therefrom and allow it to fall upon its seat, and the float being in a lowered position opens the valve of the inlet-pipe, so as to permit the water to flow into the tank until the float cuts off the supply.

It will be particularly noted that the yoke D can be adjusted upon its support, and by such adjustment the position of the trip-lever can be varied, so that the float will be allowed to act upon the same at any desired point.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a tank, of an outlet-pipe valve and seat mounted therein, guides for the outlet-pipe valve mounted 011 a vertical rod, one of the guides being vertically adjustable, a trip-lever pivoted to the adjustable guide so as to engage the outlet pipe valve, and a float connected to the inletpipe valve so that the connecting-rod thereof will engage the trip-lever, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a tank, of a valveseat having a guide for the outlet-pipe valve, a trip-lever pivoted to the guide and having a cam-end for engagement with the outletpipe valve for holding the same in an elevated position, and a float connected to the inletpipe valve, the connecting-rod of the float actuating the lever to disengage it from the outlet-pipe valve, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

In combination with a tank having an outlet-pipe valve and seat therefor, of a guiderod secured to the valve-seat and provided with an adjustable yoke through which the outlet-pipe valve passes, a trip-lever pivoted to said yoke, and a float connected to the inletpipe valve by means of a red, the rod moving in the path of the outer end of the trip-lever, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with a tank, a valve-seat C having an upwardly-proj ectin g lug, a guiderod secured in said lug and formed into a loop at its upper end, a yoke carried by the guiderod, a trip-lever pivoted to the yoke, and a tube or valve guided in the loop and yoke and connected to a lever pivoted upon the tank; together with an inlet pipe having a valve, and a rod connected to the valve at one end and provided at its other end with a Heat, the rod moving in the path of the outer end of the trip-lever, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

.l. FERDINAND LYM BURNER. MATHIAS F. LASSANCIC.

\Yitnesses:

TAYLOR J. CONNELL, R. M. KUNZ. 

